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The duo of Tracey Thorn (b. 26 September 1962, Hertfordshire, England) and Ben Watt (b. 6 December 1962, Barnes, London, England) first came together when they were students at Hull University, their name coming from a local clothes shop. Thorn was also a member of the Marine Girls who issued two albums. They performed together in 1982 and released a gentle and simply produced version of Cole Porter 's 'Night And Day'. Thorn made a solo acoustic mini-album in 1982, A Distant Shore, which was a strong seller in the UK independent charts, and Watt released the critically acclaimed North Marine Drive the following year. They subsequently left Cherry Red Records and signed to the major-distributed Blanco y Negro label. In 1984 they made the national chart with 'Each And Everyone', which preceded their superb Eden. This jazz-flavoured pop collection hallmarked the duo's understated but beautific compositional skills, displaying a great leap from the comparative naivete of their previous offerings. Their biggest single breakthrough, meanwhile, came with a version of Danny Whitten's 'I Don't Want To Talk About It', which reached the UK Top 3 in 1988. Their subsequent albums have revealed a much more gradual growth in songwriting, though many contend they have never surpassed that debut. The Language Of Life, a collection more firmly fixated with jazz stylings, found further critical acclaim; one track, 'The Road', featured Stan Getz on saxophone. However, a more pop-orientated follow-up, World-wide, was released to mediocre reviews in 1991. Amplified Heart repaired the damage somewhat, with contributions from Danny Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson and arranger Harry Robinson. Following Thorn's vocal contributions to trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack 's Protection, Todd Terry 's remix of 'Missing' from 1996's Walking Wounded became a big club hit and was responsible for putting Everything But The Girl back in the charts.
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Albums
| Year | Label | Title | |
| 1984 | Sire Records | Everything But The Girl | |
| 1985 | Sire Records | Love Not Money | |
| 1986 | Sire Records | Baby, The Stars Shine Bright | |
| 1990 | Atlantic | The Language Of Life | |
| 1990 | Sire Records | Idlewild | |
| 1991 | Atlantic | Worldwide | |
| 1992 | Atlantic | Acoustic | |
| 1994 | Atlantic | Amplified Heart | |
| 1996 | Atlantic | Walking Wounded | |
| 1996 | Atlantic | Vs. Drum N' Bass [EP] | |
| 1997 | Atlantic | Before Today [EP] | |
| 1998 | Toy's Factory Records | Essence & Rare 82-92 | |
| 1999 | Atlantic | Temperamental | |
Singles
| Year | Label | Title |
| 1995 | Atlantic | Missing | |
| 1995 | Atlantic | Missing [Maxi Single] | |
| 1996 | Atlantic | Wrong | |
| 1999 | Atlantic | Five Fathoms [Maxi Single] | |
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